It's really difficult to understand what's happened with Heyward. I saw some indications over the years that he'd been "solved" to some extent, but then he'd have a stretch where he was absolutely golden making me reassess things. I always thought Freeman was the better pure hitter, but Heyward's tools are better. Heyward's LD% is the highest it's been in his career, so it's possible things aren't falling for him, but his power outage is what is really troubling. He's not pounding the ball into the ground like he did last year in St. Louis, but he's not seeing results. Interesting that Maddon is sitting him against LHP almost all the time.
Cubs have invested a ton in him, so he'll get every chance to work his way out of this. Still great on defense, so it's not like he's a totally lost cause.